Re: Adding TCP Illinois to the kernel

First issue is that the source code is for kernel 2.6.31, so one would expect breakage trying to use this module with a newer kernel. Either find an older version of Ubuntu to install or do some more digging to find a similar package for the 12.04 kernel.

I found this package under 12.10 (which is what I'm running) and it may be related to what you are trying to accomplish.

There is an Ubuntu wiki (sorry I don't have the link handy) for configuring and compiling your own kernel. It's not difficult, but it takes 2 to 3 hours. When you are done, you may or may not have a working kernel, but it's an interesting process to go through.

As far as compiling, you download the code to a local working directory:

You may have to install header files and some development files, the configuration will alert you what is missing.

In this case, you are replacing an existing ipv4 driver with a new driver with traffic control capabilities. I don't know enough about this ipv4 driver to know what kernel switches are needed--I assume Kconfig will list them in the kernel configurator.

But I would first do some more digging in the existing 12.04 distribution to see if there are some ready-made packages that you can install without a kernel recompile.

If this is for home-use, Quality-of-Service, then you might be better served buying a supported router and installing wrt-dd firmware and using the QoS capabilities of the router than dedicating a PC for routing.